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Today before my baseball game, my whole team was sitting in the stands. The bleachers were like the 4x2 wood bleachers with tons of cracks and holes. Anyways, I was at the top, and set my phone down. A foul ball was hit right back at us and everyone jumped and my phone sadly fell through the crack. I saw it fall all the way to the concrete ground. It was at least a good 30 feet up in the air. When I ran down to get it, I expected a cracked screen or a broken phone, but all I saw was a small scratch on the otterbox case
I am now convinced that this is the best case out there!
Congrats on your phone surviving! I'm assuming you have Otterbox Defender? That's all I use. Sometimes the added bulk and weight are a drag, but stories like yours always remind me that it's worth it.
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haha idk i actually got it from craigslist and it came with the phone
i think its called an otterbox commuter
My Commuter saved my Inspire too, there's a thread about it somewhere down there. Glad to hear stories like these
I actually ordered a Casemate Tough today because I want to have two to switch between and I'm a little tired of the Commuter's lint magnet corners and slippery back. Great case overall, though.
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Glad to hear it saved your phone. I chose the commuter over the defender because it is not as bulky. It seems safe but it is good to hear it has worked for someone.
mine has saved my phone a few times
I wouldn't get the Defender for a Lent Free experience.
The Commuter has less of the rubber lent magnet exposed then the Defender, seeing as how the Defender is completely wrapped in that lent magnet
I went with a Seido case for my Inspire due to the less lent magnet body. Can't report on durability due to no accidents .. however I can say that it feels VERY solid.
I really can't stand the lent magnet either. It smells fishy. Also it only comes around part of the year. I tried using the lent magnet before and it was Ashes by wednesday Next try will be in my Palm Sunday. Maybe I will just make a lent promise not to use my phone. Who am I kidding?
I dropped my Otterboxed Tilt 2 on a concrete garage floor, and at the grocery store with nary a scratch or damage of any kind. Otterbox... Good cracker!
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Today before my baseball game, my whole team was sitting in the stands. The bleachers were like the 4x2 wood bleachers with tons of cracks and holes. Anyways, I was at the top, and set my phone down. A foul ball was hit right back at us and everyone jumped and my phone sadly fell through the crack. I saw it fall all the way to the concrete ground. It was at least a good 30 feet up in the air. When I ran down to get it, I expected a cracked screen or a broken phone, but all I saw was a small scratch on the otterbox case
I am now convinced that this is the best case out there!
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I wouldn't get the Defender for a Lent Free experience.
The Commuter has less of the rubber lent magnet exposed then the Defender, seeing as how the Defender is completely wrapped in that lent magnet
I went with a Seido case for my Inspire due to the less lent magnet body. Can't report on durability due to no accidents .. however I can say that it feels VERY solid.
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I use the Defender and it's never gir lint on it. It mostly lives in a shirt pocket but has been the best case I've ever put on any phone.
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That gives me so much peace of mind...because I haven't put it to the test...I was actuallykind of bummed when I got it..I ordered from amazon and it wasn't what I expected...didn't feel as solid as the one I had for my bravo...so thanks
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While cycling I pulled my phone out to change the track and hit a bump in the concrete, the phone went up in the air, caught the front tire and shot out like it was sent from a pitching machine!
10-20 feet down the road, the phone is fine and the case has a small chip in the top corner. Otterbox Commuter saved my phone as well!
My Otterbox Commuter sadly is no more. It did its job and protected my phone, but the hard plastic outer shell cracked in two. Got caught in the spinning blades of a fan I was working on at the shop, got slung across the room and smacked into the wall. So no complaints here. I decided I would go bigger and got the Defender this time around.
i neved drop my HTC but my wife iphone 4 is jumping always from her hands....and is alive thx to a otter box defender....best case ever
I think I may have the only otterbox defender failure story. lol. I was on vacation with a few of my buddies to Myrtle Beach and we had arrived there earlier that day. So we decide to celebrate, as normal people would, and I had a few nice beverages and sat my phone in my lap on the outside balcony. I stood up, forgetting all about my phone, and watched it skid across and plumet to its doom. after falling 11 stories, It smashed the corner and shattered my screen and then proceeded to bounce into the bottom of the 13 foot deep pool. I still miss my droid Incredible to this day!
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I think I may have the only otterbox defender failure story. lol. I was on vacation with a few of my buddies to Myrtle Beach and we had arrived there earlier that day. So we decide to celebrate, as normal people would, and I had a few nice beverages and sat my phone in my lap on the outside balcony. I stood up, forgetting all about my phone, and watched it skid across and plumet to its doom. after falling 11 stories, It smashed the corner and shattered my screen and then proceeded to bounce into the bottom of the 13 foot deep pool. I still miss my droid Incredible to this day!
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lol that sucks but at least it failed from an extreme occurrence that no one would expect it to survive through in the first place. The IPhone users are fanatical about their otter boxes I've seen people throw it against brick walls to show how tough it is.
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lol that sucks but at least it failed from an extreme occurrence that no one would expect it to survive through in the first place. The IPhone users are fanatical about their otter boxes I've seen people throw it against brick walls to show how tough it is.
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Yeah, i know countless phones that have been thrown across parking lots and against walls. I guess there lucky they never directly hit the screen! That would definitely change there opinion. lol
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its a awesome case
Otterbox Commuter saved my phone too! I install cameras for rider photo's on roller coasters around USA, Canada and Mexico. I was in Cedar Point OH working on Dragster when I dropped my phone from a 25ft ladder. It hit the 6th step and bounced about 10ft away. The only damage was a crack where the power button is (the thin piece of plastic than goes around the rubber nipple).
Good case =]
My pocket was free and has always kept my expensive smart phone from falling off bleachers.
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So I took my barely-a-week-old phone and dropped it in the toilet. Not on purpose. It's funny how you hear these phone-in-a-toilet stories and wonder how the hell they happen - then it happens to you and and you're just like... "ohhhh."
Anyway, I have the Otterbox commuter on it. Not the ruggedized one, and not even water resistant. Thank god I did, because the little plug on the headphone jack, the rubber over the hard keys, etc probably saved my ass. The water indicators under the battery cover barely got moist - pretty sure they got wetter while I was pulling off the dripping cover than when it was under water. They're still pink, just a tad faded. Otterbox FTW!!!
No, they didn't pay me to say this. It's just an awesome case. Pricey? Maybe. Bulky? Oh yeah. But QUALITY and a life saver.
I also caved in and bought the otterbox commuter and I freaking love it! It honestly isn't as bulky as I thought it would be but I do wish the back was a little more slip resistant. Over all I think this is a great case though.
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I have one too, I don't know why you guys are talking like they're so expensive. I got mine for $22 on amazon. The otterbox is amazing though!
Rule #1 No cell phones in the bathroom.
Rule #2 No cell phones around the kitchen sink
Consumers would save billions of pesos every year by following those two simple rules. Glad you saved your phone! If this would have happened to me, I would have peed my pants (pun intended).
hockeybpr25 said:
I have one too, I don't know why you guys are talking like they're so expensive. I got mine for $22 on amazon. The otterbox is amazing though!
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Same here. $22 isn't much and it it's worth it!
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Thats awesome that the case saved your phone...but the case is still lame and makes you look like a dumbass...sorry couldn't resist.
syntrix said:
Rule #1 No cell phones in the bathroom.
Rule #2 No cell phones around the kitchen sink
Consumers would save billions of pesos every year by following those two simple rules. Glad you saved your phone! If this would have happened to me, I would have peed my pants (pun intended).
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What do you mean? How do you pass the time when dropping the kids off at the pool? When do you play Angry Birds?
nismoz33 said:
What do you mean? How do you pass the time when dropping the kids off at the pool? When do you play Angry Birds?
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Really, you play angry birds while on the toilet? That is almost new thread worthy!
also, this has worked for me in the past. pop the battery out, asap, and put your phone in a large zip lock bag over night.
I would do it any how with the bag of rice, the rice will suck all the moisture out of the phone.
Wish they had one with a kickstand, i would consider it
Ravanous said:
also, this has worked for me in the past. pop the battery out, asap, and put your phone in a large zip lock bag over night.
I would do it any how with the bag of rice, the rice will suck all the moisture out of the phone.
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No, rice will absorb water that it is in contact with, and water that has evaporated in the bag.
Pools of water, say from recovery from the bottom of a pool after a few mins, might require more evaporation and more replacement of the rice. But this is the general idea since the rice is a desiccant.
If it gets wet just buy the 530 msrp or so of the charge in beef jerky, throw all the little silca beads in a bag with it and let it sit an hour =p
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Really, you play angry birds while on the toilet? That is almost new thread worthy!
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You don't?
I thought everyone with an ass and a phone played games/browsed web/read emails/etc. while on the toilet.
Bandin03 said:
You don't?
I thought everyone with an ass and a phone played games/browsed web/read emails/etc. while on the toilet.
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That's why I keep an android tablet in there, much harder to drop in the toilet!
So here i am, getting my phone. IT's fairly hot...of noes another SOD. I'm walking, take it out of the case. Take off the battery cover....and it slips. Im around 5 11 , and was holding it at chest height when it fell. No joke, it was like time stopped. I saw it fall slowly, without any protection
It hit the ground...and the battery flew out (obviously). I was scared even though the screen didnt crack. because the flipping Camera hit the ground first since it popped out!
At first, it wouldn't read the battery, and showed a question mark. A quick battery remove and insert fixed that.
It works fine, but after that momment, im scared to drop. Can't bear to see my baby damaged
Just wanted to share a story.
BTW: how durable are these phones? If it was my old iphone,.......uhh wouldnt have been so good. The plastic hasnt even been dented
BTW arethese hings like bulletproof. It's
The odds of a phone surviving being dropped is so variable that it is unpredictable except for obviously disastrous circumstances. Wear textured rubber gloves to reduce the potential of dropping it.
I remember when I dropped mine about 5 feet face down on asphalt/concrete whatever it was and I was so mad that I walked away. Didn't bother to even look if it was cracked because I thought it was done. I ended up picking it up and it was pefect. No scratches on the screen only on metal sidings.
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Core Memory said:
The odds of a phone surviving being dropped is so variable that it is unpredictable except for obviously disastrous circumstances. Wear textured rubber gloves to reduce the potential of dropping it.
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Well, that sounds a bit peculiar for just a phone
Blazing angel said:
Well, that sounds a bit peculiar for just a phone
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You are still on the G2x correct? I just checked mine, it has a small nick on the metal band. Nothing too bad though.
Blazing angel said:
Well, that sounds a bit peculiar for just a phone
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Also, the phone should wear protection, put the phone in a transparent condom.
This is why my phone is encased in lucite.
i usually carry my cell in this while on the go...
http://www.bulletproofvestshop.com/...ion-Level-IIIA-3A-Light-Weight-Bag-Brown.html
burhanistan said:
This is why my phone is encased in lucite.
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Like an insect trapped in amber? If so, in millions of years, when aliens visit the burnt-out remnants of earth, they will find it and wonder why NVIDIA didn't provide the information developers needed.
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Like an insect trapped in amber? If so, in millions of years, when aliens visit the burnt-out remnants of earth, they will find it and wonder why NVIDIA didn't provide the information developers needed.
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Lol nice one.
Thanks for the link, I ordered one and ill make a review on it once it arrives
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i usually carry my cell in this while on the go...
http://www.bulletproofvestshop.com/...ion-Level-IIIA-3A-Light-Weight-Bag-Brown.html
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i usually carry my cell in this while on the go...
http://www.bulletproofvestshop.com/...ion-Level-IIIA-3A-Light-Weight-Bag-Brown.html
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You might want to put that bulletproof briefcase in this:
http://www.ecscase.com/shipping/valise-cases/valise-supreme-38f-case
That way, you're ready for anything. Well, almost anything.
Ya why not just put it in a underground bomb bunker while your at it, this is getting retarded!
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Ive dropped mines several times.. Not from.that high though and mostly on carpet.. I'm usually very careful with my phone.the phone is still in very good condition..this is one of the most under rated phones imo. Ive never kept a phone as long as this.. I love look and performance
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And I hate cases and screen protectors.. They take so much away from the phone
I dropped mine out of my lap onto a gravel driveway while getting out of the car. Screen shattered into a spider web. Wasn't very far down. Glad I have insurance. I agree that this phone is underated.
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Like an insect trapped in amber? If so, in millions of years, when aliens visit the burnt-out remnants of earth, they will find it and wonder why NVIDIA didn't provide the information developers needed.
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Word
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I've heard peolpe dropped theirs 3 feet and it breaks. Personally I dropped mine off a 15 foot ladder at work and it landed on sharply corrugated metal flooring face first. Heart skipped a beat, I went and pick it up and nothing at all happened No scratches, nothing. But then again, Gorilla glass is made to not scratch from metal so drop it on concrete and I wouldn't be to sure.
Ive dropped mine a few times, and in my case, the corners are pretty easily dented, like soft plastic.
Ok sit back and grab a beer folks. I have a story to tell. So ever since I got a newer phone a few months back I've been using my 4g as an MP3 player. For that it is truly one of the best phones around. It sounds way better than that newer phone I have. Add some Raver magic, some voodoo, some jetAudio, and a great pair of earbuds and you have just setup the perfect audiophile device. If I told you I listen to music a lot it would be an understatement. I listen to music most of my waking hours. With my old Ipod I was lucky to get 12 hours of tunage before it needed a recharge. With my current setup I can listen to tunes for damn near 24 hours before the battery needs some love. Now I can already see a lot of you are thinking "Who gives a crap!" Well this background will help better understand the events that occurred today.
This morning I headed out of the house to do some climbing. I always climb with one earbud in and my 4g in my back right pocket. I've done this literally thousands of times and never had an issue. Well today that all changed. As I got about 80 feet up a little Slayer came on. Sweet. The timing was perfect. I was about to do the hardest section of the climb and "Dead Skin Mask" was just the psyche I needed. I launched into the crux and at about 90 feet realized I didn't have it. Crap. I'm about to take a fall. I make one last ditch effort to find the right hold but it's too late. I'm too tired and the holds are just too small. So a falling I go. Something else that I've done quite a lot of. After about ten feet every thing pulls tight. Just as that's happening I notice my music isn't playing and my back pocket feels a little lighter. I look down just in time to see the reliable 4g slam into the ground. **** that's not good I thought. But I'm hanging 80 feet up in the air so I'll deal with it later. After a brief rest I send the rest of the climb and clip the anchors to be lowered. As I walk over to the patch of dirt the 4g hit I'm already saying goodbye to a trusted friend in my mind. Picking it up I realize the glass is still intact. What? How is that possible? The case is split open about half an inch. I snap it back together and it stays. Crazy! This phone should be in at least ten pieces. The ground it hit is pretty hard. I press the power button my home screen greets me. NO F'ING WAY!! It lived. After a few minutes of playing with it I verify that it is indeed fully functional. So 80+ feet of free fall and a working phone. Anyone ever heard of such a thing?? I think it might be a record.
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Ok sit back and grab a beer folks. I have a story to tell. So ever since I got a newer phone a few months back I've been using my 4g as an MP3 player. For that it is truly one of the best phones around. It sounds way better than that newer phone I have. Add some Raver magic, some voodoo, some jetAudio, and a great pair of earbuds and you have just setup the perfect audiophile device. If I told you I listen to music a lot it would be an understatement. I listen to music most of my waking hours. With my old Ipod I was lucky to get 12 hours of tunage before it needed a recharge. With my current setup I can listen to tunes for damn near 24 hours before the battery needs some love. Now I can already see a lot of you are thinking "Who gives a crap!" Well this background will help better understand the events that occurred today.
This morning I headed out of the house to do some climbing. I always climb with one earbud in and my 4g in my back right pocket. I've done this literally thousands of times and never had an issue. Well today that all changed. As I got about 80 feet up a little Slayer came on. Sweet. The timing was perfect. I was about to do the hardest section of the climb and "Dead Skin Mask" was just the psyche I needed. I launched into the crux and at about 90 feet realized I didn't have it. Crap. I'm about to take a fall. I make one last ditch effort to find the right hold but it's too late. I'm too tired and the holds are just too small. So a falling I go. Something else that I've done quite a lot of. After about ten feet every thing pulls tight. Just as that's happening I notice my music isn't playing and my back pocket feels a little lighter. I look down just in time to see the reliable 4g slam into the ground. **** that's not good I thought. But I'm hanging 80 feet up in the air so I'll deal with it later. After a brief rest I send the rest of the climb and clip the anchors to be lowered. As I walk over to the patch of dirt the 4g hit I'm already saying goodbye to a trusted friend in my mind. Picking it up I realize the glass is still intact. What? How is that possible? The case is split open about half an inch. I snap it back together and it stays. Crazy! This phone should be in at least ten pieces. The ground it hit is pretty hard. I press the power button my home screen greets me. NO F'ING WAY!! It lived. After a few minutes of playing with it I verify that it is indeed fully functional. So 80+ feet of free fall and a working phone. Anyone ever heard of such a thing?? I think it might be a record.
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Yep, it think you beat the record lol. I remember the first day I had the phone, one of my Asian friends kicked it out of my hand about 10 feet into the air, and at the time I didn't have a case. It was the longest second of my life man, it bounced twice and landed face down on gravel. I picked it up and it only had a scuff on the top left corner of the chrome thing. I think I shat myself lmao
Yeah. No case for this guy either. Just the phone and some free fall. I wonder what terminal velocity is for this phone?
Nice story, the original sgs is great at taking abuse, its plastic is good for absorbing the shock from falls, and its chrome coating along the screen has helped prevent the screen from shattering many times for me
Never had a case on mine either, once I dropped it on my gravel driveway and it definitely hit face down...... still nothing, not a scratch on the screen, I enjoyed the story thanks for the share
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Wow. Glad the phone is OK. I just hope this doesn't happen to me, because with my luck...
Beats mine.. 40 mph bounce on pavement while riding motorcycle. I looked down after feeling tug on earbuds. Phone had slipped off seat while hugging a turn. Watched it bounced on pavement. Headphones stayed plugged in and I was able to safely pull back phone, but battery cover/battery stayed down. Phone has small scratches on bezel, but no damage. I did a U-turn, just in time to watch gramma run over cover (missed battery, thank God). I mumble that she must have aimed at it. But, still, went to pick it up. It wasn't all bustedup. It still works! 1 small crack by head phone Jack, but I was able to put phone back together, restart Metallica channel on Pandora and scoot down road...
Bullet proof.. and Yeap, I believe, your 80 ft drop cause I watched a 40 mph skip.
Great story, glad you didn't hurt yourself. The flip side is that these phones, like any, can crack with minimal fall height if they hit the ground "just right". I cracked the screen on mine with a less than 3 foot fall off my lap onto a tile floor. Definitely recommend a case.
Couldn't agree more about the audio quality on these phones. The Wolfson DAC's with Voodoo Sound are sick....main reason I still have the phone.
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Great story, glad you didn't hurt yourself. The flip side is that these phones, like any, can crack with minimal fall height if they hit the ground "just right". I cracked the screen on mine with a less than 3 foot fall off my lap onto a tile floor. Definitely recommend a case.
Couldn't agree more about the audio quality on these phones. The Wolfson DAC's with Voodoo Sound are sick....main reason I still have the phone.
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Thanks but climbing is actually pretty safe. lol And yeah my other phone fell out of my front pocket, landed on pavement and cracked the glass. Judging by all the scratches on the case it looks like the 4g hit on it's right side. Still amazed it lived though.
Not as cool, but first week I got this phone, I was listening to music while in the car when my friend slammed the brakes on us and from the back seat my phone flew out of my hand and smashed into the back mirror and broke it off. My phone didn't have a case at the time so I was kind of surprised that one, it could even do that, and two, that it was still running. Made our day.
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You wouldn't believe how many phones I've broken in the past I'm also a climber except I do it for a living(tree climber) i stopped carrying my stuff up with me but reading this story i might just start taking my sgs with me more often I have dropped it quit a few times on cement floor face down never a scratch tough little phone I also have an hd 2 an believe it or not that is pretty tough sucker to but I'm sure it's not as tough as the sgs I would never take up its so heavy a fall like yours would probably destroy it completely cool story man
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You wouldn't believe how many phones I've broken in the past I'm also a climber except I do it for a living(tree climber) i stopped carrying my stuff up with me but reading this story i might just start taking my sgs with me more often I have dropped it quit a few times on cement floor face down never a scratch tough little phone I also have an hd 2 an believe it or not that is pretty tough sucker to but I'm sure it's not as tough as the sgs I would never take up its so heavy a fall like yours would probably destroy it completely cool story man
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I think I found a way to not drop it again. I found an old carrying bag that's a little bigger than the phone. It has a draw string enclosure. I pulled the old shoelace draw string out and replaced it with 4mm purlon that's about a foot longer than needed. Phone goes in pouch. Pouch gets pulled tight and tied off with a square knot. The pouch goes in back pocket. Extra cord goes around harness and gets clipped off with a carabiner. Know way I can see for the phone to take another fall. Maybe I'll start marketing it soon. LLOL
hechoen,
Great story! Looking around, it's good to know I'm not the only one that abuses his devices. I'm a little more on the "less mistake" side of device abuse though
When I've totally given up on a phone, I use it as a tool or give it the classic "Touch Down Dance". Next time I do this, I'll record it, so you know when I've had it.
I gave my blackberry pearl the TDD just before I got my htc dream. Then it got ran over by the S.L.U.T.
I got really mad at the dream one time and used it to shut a door from across the room. Never did any damage to it at all. Not even a scratch.
Now I have the SGS4G, AT&T Note, and still use my dream as a media player. I've tried REALLY hard to not just TDD the sgs4g. I think about all the time I've invested on this thing. Literally blood, sweat, and tears. If I were climbing and listening to music, I might option to use my dream as to not risk the sgs4g... but you and I both know that a time will come when all has been done with the SGS4G, and it will have to go back to it's creator... I will definitely share that experience with you guys. Some day.
@Bhundven
But... but... The HTC Dream doesn't have a headphone jack!
Terminal velocity is about 95 mph if it falls thin edge down but since it would tumble it would be more like 60 mph or so
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I think I found a way to not drop it again. I found an old carrying bag that's a little bigger than the phone. It has a draw string enclosure. I pulled the old shoelace draw string out and replaced it with 4mm purlon that's about a foot longer than needed. Phone goes in pouch. Pouch gets pulled tight and tied off with a square knot. The pouch goes in back pocket. Extra cord goes around harness and gets clipped off with a carabiner. Know way I can see for the phone to take another fall. Maybe I'll start marketing it soon. LLOL
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The problem with it going in the pocket is that I have to sit in a saddle what I need is a good secure case that can be attached somewhere on the back side of my saddle away from my tools i just haven't found anything that suits as of yet...good idea though
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Terminal velocity is about 95 mph if it falls thin edge down but since it would tumble it would be more like 60 mph or so
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Yea but heavier it is the harder the fall...that's probably what saved it, is the fact that its so lite an a lotta luck its not the fall that hurts but sudden stop he he.
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Oh definitely i also worked the equation a few other ways its possible terminal velocity is really only 26 miles per hour and at 80 feet probably didnt reach that
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Oh definitely i also worked the equation a few other ways its possible terminal velocity is really only 26 miles per hour and at 80 feet probably didnt reach that
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What are you using for Drag Coefficient in you calculations? I'm assuming the from impact marks that the phone fell long side facing down and it landed on edge. From that I calculate the the cross sectional area to be 1.879 square inches. Mass is 4.16 ounces. Air density at 4000ft on a 75 degree day is 1.4kg/m3. DC for a human is 1. So using 1 which I think is super high we get 121 FPS. If we bring the DC down to .3 which is the DC for a car and a bullet we get 221 FPS or 150 MPH. This is all assuming I straight fall in that orientation. From looking down at the phone before impact it appeared to be falling without any wobbling or flipping. I tested this by dropping the phone from 8 feet up onto my couch and in that distance it remains stable in free fall. So it fell from about 90 feet up. At 32feet per second squared it would have been in freefall for almost 2 seconds and reached a speed of nearly 64FPS or 43MPH. Someone wanna check these to make sure I'd love to have it verified or not.
Now do it using the metric system. Slugs and foot pounds make me sad
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But... but... The HTC Dream doesn't have a headphone jack!
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So I was cleaning my rims on my Chevy Tahoe and I had the phone sitting on top the tire listening to Spotify and I was told to move my truck so I moved the bucket and stool I was sitting on but forgot my phone.. ? I drove forward and my dad screamed "STOP" then he said "add 300 to whatever you have to pay for since you just ran over your phone with both wheels" he then picked it up and held it out and said "I'll be damned it's fine." I grabbed it and dusted it off and looked at it amazed.. Not a mark... To be fair it did have a case a Versus High Pro Shield case but damn Im still pretty impressed. 99 Tahoe LT 4 door with 22's. 5500 lbs.. ??
BeameD From My LG V10... The one with the ALWAYS ON SCREEN... Watching me.. ?
It's suppose to be built strong, but drop in on a pillow and it will shatter... LoL That is the way it seems...
Oditius said:
It's suppose to be built strong, but drop in on a pillow and it will shatter... LoL That is the way it seems...
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yup that sounds about right lol hard core its ok, soft drop your f#$%'ed lol
Any chance you can link to the case? I'd also like car running over your phone protection lol.
That's how I got my V10...Lol. But my experience was not as good. Note 3, otterbox, and a double axle utility trailer with 4 tons of decorative landscape boulders...
Zdeuce2 now with golden rays of sunshine
Two days ago I dropped it accidentally on a hard ground, the drop was scary, surprisingly the V10 survived without even a scratch on the metal rim, and one day before that I removed the protective case but also it has tempered glass on the screen
This crazy girl I was talking to decided to take my v10 and throw it across her garage. (No case and brand new at the time) I went to pick it up just knowing it was cracked, nope. Minor scratches on the screen and some edge scratches but you do that to an iPhone and it's over. I was still pretty mad that someone would even do that though.
Oditius said:
It's suppose to be built strong, but drop in on a pillow and it will shatter... LoL That is the way it seems...
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Hello Oditius,
I am replying to your signature... My wife says if I need a baby boy, I need to get married to my computer that I kiss and romance all day everyday..... She said she doesnt wanna be a second option.......LOL AM I spending too much time on computer?
dammie2great said:
Hello Oditius,
I am replying to your signature... My wife says if I need a baby boy, I need to get married to my computer that I kiss and romance all day everyday..... She said she doesnt wanna be a second option.......LOL AM I spending too much time on computer?
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If you bring it in your bedroom, than that is a possibility. LoL... :highfive:
Oditius said:
It's suppose to be built strong, but drop in on a pillow and it will shatter... LoL That is the way it seems...
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Oditius said:
If you bring it in your bedroom, than that is a possibility. LoL... :highfive:
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HAHAHAH..... That's funny